No. 5 Razorbacks Open Strong in Texas

No. 4 Arkansas Returns To Action On The Road

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas men’s track and field team will head back out on the road this weekend traveling to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Stanford, California for the LSU Invitational and Payton Jordan Invitational.

USTFCCCA Rankings
Following several strong performances at the John McDonnell Invitational, Arkansas returns into the top five in the latest USTFCCCA polls up three spots to No. 4.

The defending 400-meter relay national champions will look to join LSU in the elite sub-39 club this weekend. Arkansas returns three members — Cotton, Lawson and Marqueze Washington — from the 2015 Hayward Field record-breaking team.

The Tigers currently have the No. 1 time (38.94) in the NCAA with the Aggies (39.02) close behind at No. 2 and the Gators (39.11) also narrowly trailing at No. 4.

Payton Jordan
Entering its 21st year of existence, the Payton Jordan Invitational remains one of the premier distance competitions on the track and field circuit.

The 2015 event produced two world-leading, seven American-leading, and nine collegiate-leading marks.

Freshman 1,500
Razorback middle-distance trio Austen Dalquist, Cameron Griffith and Ethan Moehn will take on the 1,500 at Cobb Stadium on Sunday.

All three underclassman have Southeastern Conference top-20 performances earned earlier this month at Azusa Pacific’s Bryan Clay Invitational. Ranked 10th in the SEC, Dalquist leads the way with his season’s best 3 minutes, 44.16 seconds.